The son of Boris Pasternak, the Soviet poet...

NOBEL MEDAL.

December 10, 1989

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN — NOBEL MEDAL. The son of Boris Pasternak, the Soviet poet and author of the best-selling novel Doctor Zhivago, Saturday received a Nobel medal which his father was awarded in 1958 but had to turn down under pressure from the Kremlin. Yevgeny Pasternak, who has devoted himself to rehabilitating his late father's reputation, told the Swedish Academy ceremony in Stockholm: ''It's a tragic happiness, I would say. This is a worthy end to a tragedy.'' Pasternak died in official disgrace in 1960. His works now have been published in the Soviet Union.